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34: Private Prisons: Where Prisoners Become Profit

2022/3/2
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本期节目探讨了美国私人监狱的历史,揭示了其与奴隶制的渊源以及种族主义和经济因素对其发展的影响。节目追溯了私人监狱的起源,从19世纪30年代新奥尔良监狱的运作模式,到Samuel Lawrence James利用囚犯劳动力积累财富,再到Terrell Don Hutto通过削减成本和利用囚犯劳动力使监狱盈利,以及美国惩教公司(CCA)的兴起和发展,以及其在移民拘留中心领域的扩张。节目还讲述了Shane Bauer的卧底调查,揭露了私人监狱中存在的恶劣条件和管理问题,以及其对囚犯的压榨和虐待。节目指出,私人监狱是种族主义和贪婪的产物,其本质上是对奴隶制的延续,并对美国社会造成了深远的影响。 节目详细描述了私人监狱的运作模式,包括囚犯租赁制度、成本削减措施以及对囚犯的虐待和压榨。节目通过多个案例,例如Willie Stewart的死亡以及Wynn惩教所的恶劣条件,揭示了私人监狱中存在的严重问题。节目还分析了私人监狱的盈利模式,以及其如何通过游说等手段影响政府政策。节目最后指出,尽管拜登总统禁止联邦监狱私营化,但私人监狱公司通过拓展移民拘留中心和电子监控等业务继续盈利,这表明私人监狱体系依然存在严重的问题,需要进行改革。

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The episode explores the origins of private prisons, linking their inception to the economic and social structures that perpetuated slavery in the United States. It highlights how private prisons in New Orleans emerged as a solution to the overflow of jails due to escaped enslaved people.

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At this very moment, there are a bunch of business owners and investors in the United States who profit off people being arrested and imprisoned. It doesn’t seem right and definitely doesn’t feel legal, yet here we are. Welcome to the shocking history of Private Prisons. Today, we talk about the all-American story about how capitalism kept slavery alive long after it was abolished. Plus we discuss how state and federal governments still use these horrible facilities today. 

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